- Findings of market research into consumer attitudes towards ethical issues in tourism
- Tearfund, 2000
- This document reports the findings of a telephone based market research survey of 2,000 members of the general public, which asked what consideration they give to ethical issues when booking their holidays, and in what ways they would...
- Tour operator examples of business practices for sustainability
- Tour Operators Initiative for Sustainable Tourism Development, 2002
- This web page provides links to 17 case studies of tour operators in the following business areas: working with suppliers working with destinations raising the awareness of customers managemen...
- Environmental responsibility in the aviation business
- 2003
- This is an outline document of the options available to the UK government in ensuring that the aviation industry is encouraged to take account of, and where appropriate reduce, its contribution to global warming, local air and noise p...
- Impact of ethical trading on poverty
- Department for International Development, UK, 2002
- This is a report of a workshop organised by DfID that consisted of a number of presentations and discussion around the impact of ethical trading on poverty. The presentation reported on in this document focused on difficulties ...
- Why should law be better considered in the CSR agenda?
- H. Ward / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2003
- This document provides and overview of legal issues as they relate to current CSR debates. The author argues that the debate is more complicated than the traditional one between voluntary and mandatory regulation and that legal issues...
- Examples of CSR partnerships in the Americas
- Inter-American Foundation, 2002
- This is a collection of examples of IAF partnerships with the private sector that is intended to provide examples to companies of ways in which CSR can be in their interest. The introduction to the collection argues that for the priva...
- Have NGOs focused on conflict diamonds and ignored 'diamonds for development'?
- R. Hazleton / Partnership Africa Canada, 2002
- This document considers the economic impact of diamonds in South Africa, Botswana and Namibia. It states that the many global campaigns to stop trade in conflict diamonds has tended to ignore the benefits of the legitimate industry fo...
- Comparative lessons from CSR in Ghana, India and Trinidad & Tobago
- K. Monson / Resource Centre for the Social Dimensions of Business Practice, UK, 2003
- This report attempts to provide a complete overview of socially responsible business practice in Ghana, India and Trinidad and Tobago and how each sector views the subject. The paper provides and overview of socially responsibl...
- Can the developing countries' effective participation in the international trade be improved?
- L. Cernat; S. Laird; A. Turrini / Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade, Nottingham, 2002
- The aim of this paper is that of going "back to basics", focusing on the importance of market access issues for developing countries in the WTO negotiations begun in Doha in 2001. The paper attempts to address the following que...
- How is the business community assisting with disaster prevention and mitigation?
- J. Twigg / Development Planning Unit, University College London [UCL], 2002
- This paper presents the results of a research project that looked at the nature of private sector involvement in disaster reduction in developing countries through their philanthropic and social responsibility programmes. The project ...
- Chainsaws speak louder than words
- Global Witness, 2000
- Briefing document on Cambodian forest reforms. Document available in Word and Text formats and available in Khmer at: http://www.fatbeehive.com/globalwitness/text/campaigns/forests/cambodia/reports.html
- Environmental financial accounting and reporting at the corporate level
- United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 1998
- Interim statement of best practice guidance for accounting and reporting for environmental costs and liabilities. It is synthesized from a background paper, "Accounting and reporting for environmental liabilities and costs within the ...
- The Rhino and Tiger Product Labeling Act (H.R. 2801) and The Re-Authorization of the Rhino and Tiger Conservation Act (H.R. 3113): discussion
- Wildlife Conservation Society, 1998
- Testimony to US Congress on justification of legal action to restrict trade in rhino and tiger products
- The Clean Development Mechanism: a Primer
- M. Toman; M. Cazorla / Weathervane: Digital Forum on Global Climate Policy, 1998
- Reviews the purpose and institutional structure of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) as authorized in the Kyoto Protocol; address the principal technical and administrative issues that are expected to arise as the CDM is designed ...
- Forest product trade and certification: an Indonesia scheme
- E. Salim; U Djalins; A Suntanal / World Forestry Congress, 1997
- The certification system developed by Indonesia comprises three stages, encompassing pre-field assessment, field assessment, and post field evaluation. It assesses unit management through a multi-criterion based decision that is repre...
- The OECD Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI): update
- Oxfam, 1998
- The Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) is a new investment treaty being negotiated between the world's industrialised countries in the OECD. This briefing paper explains why Oxfam believes that the draft MAI falls far short of...
- Nike sweatshop campaign documents
- Corporate Watch, 1999
- Includes a confidential Ernst & Young audit of labor and environmental conditions inside a Nike factory in Vietnam which was recently leaked to the Transnational Resource & Action Center (TRAC). This is the first time that an ...
- Corporate social responsibility: list of company WWW pages
- Corporate Community Involvement Net, Charities Aid Foundation, 1999
- Lists alphabetically the WWW pages of companies which post their corporate social investment policies
- On-line Corporate Disclosure: list of WWW sites of company social and environmental disclosure reports
- Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research, 1999
- Environmental Performance and Shareholder Value
- World Business Council for Sustainable Development, 1997
- This report investigates the connection between the environment and financial performance. In it, it is shown how established models of shareholder value can be expanded to include the effects of environmental issues, both positive an...
- IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH)
- IDH accelerates and upscales sustainable trade by building impact oriented coalitions of front running multinationals, civil society organisations, governments and other stakeholders. Through convening public and private interests, strengths and knowledge, IDH programs help make sustainability the new norm and deliver impact on Millennium Development Goals 1, 7 and 8.
- Verified Carbon Standard (VCS)
- The Verified Carbon Standard is a greenhouse gas accounting programme used by projects around the world to verify and issue carbon credits in voluntary markets.
- ephemera
- ephemera is an independent journal, supported by the School of Business and Management, Queen Mary, University of London.
- Ministry of Energy, Kenya
- The Ministry of Energy was formed in 1979 upon Kenya Government’s realization that energy was a major component in the country’s development process. The new Ministry is assigned the following functions: Energy policy development Electric power development Oil and other fossil fuels exploration and development Explor...
- Judge Business School
- Previously known as Judge Institute of Management, Cambridge Judge Business School offers a variety of teaching programmes including the Cambridge MBA, the Cambridge Master of Finance, PhD, MPhil and undergraduate degrees together with a suite of Executive Education courses.
- Baker and McKenzie
- International law firm. See website for individual country office contact details.
- Network for Business Sustainability (NBS)
- The Network for Business Sustainability enables business sustainability by fostering collaboration between industry and academia. The Network is comprised of over 300 researchers and reaches over 1000 practitioners from different sectors in English- and French-speaking Canada and beyond. Objectives: Build community: Build relationships between researchers, ma...
- Boston University International Law Journal
- The Boston University International Law Journal publishes articles on international law written by professional authors and practitioners, and note and case comments written by student authors. As one of the US's leading international law journals, ILJ seeks to maintain the highest editorial standards and to produce a professional quality publication worthy of international recognition. Published...
- 3BL Media (3BL)
- At 3BL Media, we are committed to the Triple Bottom Line: people, planet, profit. Our mission is to advance and promote Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability through effective communications. We offer our clients the largest distribution for their multi-media communications to focused professionals, journalists, and consumers.
- Centre for Sustainable Tourism and Transport, NHV University for Applied Sciences (CSTT)
- The NHTV Centre for Sustainable Tourism and Transport is an international centre of knowledge and education for the benefit of the sustainable development of tourism and recreation industries. The CSTT constitutes a critical think tank on the interfaces of a healthy economic, ecological and social development of tourism. It provides education and training programmes worldwide, contribut...
